COSATU no letters, white background.jpg FAWU Congress The CEC noted that the leadership of FAWU has succeeded to push for the union's disaffiliation from COSATU and join a non-existent federation. We are not surprised by the decision, but we are currently planning to meet with many FAWU members, including provincial structures that have made it clear to the federation that they are not leaving the federation. The reality is that FAWU is a victim of a polarising leadership that has worked hard to split an already weakened union for their narrow political reasons. COSATU has been very patient with FAWU because we are concerned about the plight of farm workers. We tolerated the decision by their leadership to boycott COSATU meetings since 2014, and also we did not disaffiliate them despite the fact that they have not paid subscription fees for more than nine months. We did this for the workers because more than one million farm workers are vulnerable and are crying for a united and stronger union in the sector that will focus its energies on defending them from exploitation. This leadership purged members, defied court orders and bankrupted the organisation to a shell of its former self. Many of their structures who did not agree with leaving COSATU were purged and their right to participate at the congress was taken away. Since COSATU remains a home to all workers, we will not abandon the workers and we will continue focus on trying to unite them, especially the vulnerable ones, who are under siege from exploitative employers. The farmers should not be emboldened to think that workers are without a home, COSATU will intensify its campaign in the sector that started in January in Mpumalanga and has since spread to other provinces. Our doors are open for all those workers who see COSATU as their home! >From COSATU CEC meeting 22-24 August 2016. Statement issued 26 August 2016 Full statement is at http://www.cosatu.org.za/show.php?ID=11876 __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 14029 (20160827) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/yclsa-eom-forum/000c01d200fd%24dca74000%2495f5c000%24%40com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
